Extrahepatic bile duct cancers: Surgery alone versus surgery plus postoperative radiation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 194-198

  Gwak, Hee Keun ^a   Kim, Woo Chul ^a   Kim, Hun Jung ^a   Park, Jeong Hoon ^a  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Extrahepatic bile duct cancer; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT RADIATION; ADJUVANT RADIOTHERAPY; BILE DUCTS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; LOCAL CONTROL; LOCAL FAILURE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MARGIN STATUS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; OVERALL SURVIVAL RATES; POSITIVE LYMPH NODES; POSTOPERATIVE RADIATION THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; RESIDUAL TUMORS;

BODY FLUIDS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; DUCTS; PATHOLOGY; SURGERY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77955874081     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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